Military Build-up in Ivory Coast

World | October 6, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Ivory Coast troops and rebel soldiers have exchanged gunfire on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Bouake, held by mutinous soldiers for more than two weeks. The government and rebels forces have been sending heavy reinforcements to the front line. The build-up comes as attempts by West African mediators to broker a ceasefire appear to be stalled. The mediation effort is aimed at ending an uprising which has split the country into two, claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands displaced.

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